Bowling for Fascism: Exploring the Dark Side of Social Capital
In pre-World War II Germany, sports clubs became a vehicle to spread Nazism
Employees Work at Multiple Nursing Homes and Spread COVID-19
Smartphone GPS tracks staffers between facilities
Smaller Grocery Chains Exclude Products as Negotiating Ploy
Tactic partially makes up for lesser clout with suppliers
Muni Bond Buyers Pay a Little Extra for the Pleasure of Not Being Taxed
Doing so, they subsidize government, which is, well, sort of like a tax
How to Speed Progress on U.N. Sustainable Development Goals
Operations management research identifies synergies for more efficient action
Banks Rent Out Their Balance Sheets — So Derivatives Cost More
Even before Dodd-Frank rules, the costs were significant
Dividing Patients Between Telehealth, In-Office Primary Care and Referral to Specialists
Getting the mix right is the goal of a Medicare pilot, which itself could use substantial improvement
Machine Learning Can Help Reduce Post-Surgical Hospital Readmissions
A model outperformed simpler statistical approaches in predicting which patients would encounter trouble
Tech Workers Take Much Lower Pay to Ditch the Office
Offers of remote work far more valuable to job seekers than employers seem to understand
Schooling Alongside Minorities Reduces White Students’ Tendency to Vote Republican
One system’s end to busing offers data on integration’s impact on future partisanship
Kidney Transplant Outcomes Suffer at Clinics That Add Liver Transplants
Younger-patient mortality rate nearly triples, 20 years of data indicate
Private Equity Boosts Nursing Home Staffing — When Compelled by Competition
But in uncompetitive markets, the financial owners cut staff
Medicare Ratings Didn’t Predict Nursing Homes’ Initial COVID-19 Vulnerability
Rate of spread in the surrounding community was a bigger indicator of risk
World Economy 9.6% Bigger Without Investment Barriers
In a model, cultural differences matter as much as geography, institutional distinctions or capital constraints
Go Ahead, You Decide How Much Wealth Should Be Redistributed
Can modern decision theory, paired with a half-century-old thought experiment, help make a more just society?
Maximizing Retirement Savings: More Nudging Required
Tweaking 401(k) website design and language can significantly boost worker contributions, yet HR doesn’t always see these opportunities